New Announcements in Google I/O 2016

May 20, 2016

We are having a great I/O this year, there has been lot of new products, features and APIs announced, however to give a summary on this check below some very cool new stuffs announced –

1. Google Home device with google assistant in it, to keep updated about this you can go to https://home.google.com/

2. New Products Allo and Duo, Allo is a text chat app while Duo is an one to one video call application, both apps have lot of google assistant features along with strong encryption. you can pre register for these apps at- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.fireball&hl=en and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.tachyon&hl=en

3. Android N beta release to be used to install on phone, along with this the name of this release is open for all to decide, you can go to www.android.com/n to vote for your choice of name.

4. In Android N following improvement has been introduced –

a. Vulkan API for GPU

b. Android N JIT compiler for apps which will reduce size and speed of installation of apps on the phone

c. Multi Task and Multi window – user can now open 2 apps side by side on android phone which is multi window while on android TV its Multi Task.

d. Clear all button for clearing all apps from background (a well delayed feature to come)

e. Quick switch – to switch between 2 apps quickly

f. Improved Notification system

g. A whole new set of Emoji based on Uni code 9 standard.

h. User can opt of beta version on their phone by going to www.android.com/beta

5. Daydream – New standard for VR cardboard by android, it provide standard for phone, headset and controller and apps, this introduce a very interesting controller by which we can track movement of hand.

6. Android Wear 2.0 update – Now apps can be standalone without need of phone. user can check beta for this at – www.g.co/wearpreview

7. New web technologies – Progressive Webapps, Accelerated Mobile Pages

8. Android studio 2.2 Preview – faster emulators and performance, new Constraint layout, apk analyser, layout inspectors.

9. Firebase update including – analytics, cloud messaging and notifications, crash reporter, Dynamic Links.

10. New feature working – Android Instant Apps

For detailed info on above you can log into Google I/O video on youtube –

while for more videos  – Google I/O 2016